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Article authored by Alexander Bolton and appeared on The Hill. Article is courtesy of thehill.com
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says he shares colleagues’ concerns that the Affordable Care Act could become a “train wreck” if it’s not implemented properly.
Reid warned that people will not be able to choose health insurance plans on government health exchanges if federal authorities lack the resources to set them up and educate the public. [Read more...]
Article authored by John Bresnahan and Jake Sherman and appeared on Politico. Article is courtesy of politico.com
Congressional leaders in both parties are engaged in high-level, confidential talks about exempting lawmakers and Capitol Hill aides from the insurance exchanges they are mandated to join as part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, sources in both parties said. [Read more...]
Article authored by Emily Schultheis and appeared on Politico. Article is courtesy of politico.com
The immigration proposal pending in Congress would transform the nation’s political landscape for a generation or more — pumping as many as 11 million new Hispanic voters into the electorate a decade from now in ways that, if current trends hold, would produce an electoral bonanza for Democrats and cripple Republican prospects in many states they now win easily. [Read more...]
Article authored by Brendan Sasso and Bernie Becker and appeared on The Hill. Article is courtesy of thehill.com
Legislation that would empower states to tax online purchases cleared a key hurdle in the Senate on Monday after winning an enthusiastic endorsement from President Obama.
Senators advanced the bill in 74-20 procedural vote on Monday evening, just one vote short of the backing it received in a test vote last month. Twenty-six Republicans joined Democrats in moving forward with the bill. [Read more...]
Article authored by Lisa Lerer & Heidi Przybyla and appeared on Bloomberg News. Article is courtesy of bloomberg.com
Two days after the slaying of 20 first-graders at a Connecticut schoolhouse shocked the nation, President Barack Obama climbed a White House stage with an emotional appeal: It was time to fix the nation’s gun laws.
Four months later, that agenda is in tatters. [Read more...]
Article was authored by by NRO Staff and appeared on The National Review Online. Article is courtesy of nationalreview.com
In an apparent slip of the tongue, Harry Reid this morning referred to the gun-control bill he brought to the Senate floor as “anti-gun legislation.”
“On the anti-gun legislation before the Senate, we are making good progress on the effort to schedule a series of votes on amendments to the anti-gun violence legislation before the Senate.” [Read more...]
Article authored by Vince Coglianese and appeared on The Daily Caller. Article is courtesy of dailcaller.com
As Senate Democrats struggle to build support for new gun control legislation, the American Civil Liberties Union now says it’s among those who have “serious concerns” about the bill.
Those concerns have the capacity to prove a major setback to Sen. Harry Reid’s current gun bill, which includes language from earlier bills introduced by Sens. Chuck Schumer and Barbara Boxer. [Read more...]
Article authored by Joel Gehrke and appeared in the Washington Examiner. Article is courtesy of washingtonexaminer.com
President Obama believes that the expected bipartisan immigration reform proposal should not receive extended scrutiny by lawmakers in committee, according to his spokesman, who said that immigration debates in past year should suffice. [Read more...]
Transcription courtesy of realclearpolitics.com
BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN: Now, Senator Reid, Senator Feinstein, had said before that you deserved a vote. But its appearing now it’s going to be an amendment, it could ultimately just be a symbolic vote. What’s your response to this new…
SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D-CA): No, no if it’s an amendment, that is not a symbolic vote. I did the bill in 1994 on the floor as an amendment, it enacted a law. It went on to the House, it was enacted. [Read more...]
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